Alijja Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Alijja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Alijja (166) may also be a first name.
Alijja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alijja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alijja is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alijja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alijja is the 4,116,508th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Alijja live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Alijja is also the 710,504th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 166 people.
The surname Alijja is most widely held in Uganda, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 1,859,013. In Uganda Alijja is mostly concentrated in: Kaliro District, where 33 percent reside, Wakiso District, where 14 percent reside and Kayunga District, where 10 percent reside. Other than Uganda it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 4 percent reside and Iran, where 4 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Alijja
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